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The Rights and Wrongs Of Prohibition Notices
The Supreme Court has recently decided that where a Prohibition Notice is served and subsequently found to be unfounded, the Notice can be rescinded or modified but the issuing inspector should not be sanctioned.
Fundamentally, this is on the grounds that any H&S inspector might reasonably act in an 'emergency' situation without the benefit of subsequent testing.
The case revolves around the HM Inspector of Health and Safety (Appellant) v Chevron North Sea Limited.
The Respondent operates an offshore installation in the North Sea. In April 2013, the installation was inspected by Her Majesty's Inspectors of Health and Safety. The inspectors formed the view corrosion had rendered the stairways and stagings to the helideck unsafe and served a prohibition notice on the Respondent (under section 22 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974).
In May 2013, the Respondent appealed against the prohibition notice to an employment tribunal (under section 24 of the 1974 Act).
In July 2013, the Respondent arranged for the metalwork which had been of concern to the inspector to be removed from the installation and tested. The results of the testing showed that all the metalwork passed the British Standard strength test with the exception of a panel
which had been damaged during the inspection and could not be tested reliably.
There was no risk of personnel being injured by falling through it.
Chevron won the tribunal and the inspectors appealed.
The Supreme Court unanimously dismissed the appeal on the basis the tribunal is entitled to take into account all the available evidence relevant to the state of affairs at the time of the service of the prohibition notice, including
information coming to light after it was served.
However, the Judges in the case also recognised it is vital for inspectors to be able to take prompt and effective action. The decision included the wording 'a prohibition notice is a powerful tool in the inspector's hands. It not only allows an inspector to step in when he (sic) is of the opinion that a particular activity will involve a risk of serious personal injury, it also encourages employers to have good systems in place to improve safety'.
The decision continued, 'however, the service of a prohibition notice on a business has the potential to do financial and reputational harm to it. An appeal against an inspector's notice is not against the inspector's opinion but against the notice itself'.
'It is no criticism of the inspector when new material leads to a different conclusion about risk from the one he reached. His decision is often taken as a matter of urgency and without the luxury of comprehensive information.
'The effectiveness of a notice is in no way reduced by an appeal process which enables the realities of the situation to be examined by a tribunal with the benefit of additional information.
'This wider interpretation of section 24 does not undermine the role of prohibition and improvement notices in encouraging employers to have robust systems in place to demonstrate easily that no risk exists and therefore avoid the disruption of a prohibition notice which remains in force during the appeal process unless suspended by the tribunal.
'The appellant's arguments, that permitting the tribunal to look beyond the material available to the
inspector will create delay and cost, do not change the conclusion on the wider interpretation of section 24'.
'There are potent considerations in favour of the wider interpretation of section 24. The only means by which a notice can be cancelled under the statutory scheme is an appeal. However, if the appellant's interpretation were correct a notice could not be dislodged even if the perceived risk of injury never in fact existed. In some cases, an employer might have to carry out unnecessary works.
'Further, even if, upon receipt of convincing evidence there was no risk the inspector would not seek to enforce the notice, the notice would still have the capacity to damage the reputation of the employer and his ability to do business. Furthermore, it cannot be right in those circumstances that an employer should be exposed to the possibility of criminal proceedings after his appeal is concluded'.
Picture: For illustration only - Chevron North Sea facility but not necessarily the one served a prohibition notice.
Article written by Brian Shillibeer | Published 15 June 2018
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In what is perhaps the worst food related news we've ever heard, a study conducted by researchers at University of California, Berkeley has found that simply smelling food can make you gain weight.
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The research, published in Cell Metabolism, studied three groups of mice that were all fed a "high-fat Burger King" diet. The first group included normal-sized mice, the second had no sense of smell and the third had their sense of smell temporarily disabled.
The researchers found the first group of normal-sized mice nearly doubled in size on the diet while the group of mice with no sense of smell only increased in size by 10 per cent.
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Actress Ahn Sohee might be joining the cast of upcoming movie "Single Rider" starring top actors Lee Byung Hun and Gong Hyo Jin.
She is currently in the final stage of negotiations regarding her role, according to industry sources.
Described as a suspense drama movie, "Single Rider" follows the journey of a father who travels to Australia to meet his family after suddenly losing everything in his life. Lee Byung Hun will be playing the father working in Korea, while Gong Hyo Jin plays his wife living in Australia with their child.
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Sohee will be filming 'Single Rider'.
On February 20th, announcement has been made that Sohee will be officially joining the the movie 'Single Rider'.
'Single Rider' is a suspense drama that entails a story of a man, who is left with nothing, turning to find his family in Australia. This film is supported by Warner Brothers, and will be directed by a new uprising director.
Actor Lee Byung Hun and Gong Hyo Jin will also appear in the movie. Lee Byung Hun will play the dad who is traveling to find his family in Australia, while Gong Hyo Jin will play the wife who resides in Australia with the kids.
Sohee will be playing a character Lee Byung Hun meets during his journey. It is heard that she will be an important role in the story.
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The production crew announced the news on Thursday, and shooting is expected to begin Monday. The film revolves around a man who disappears after a nationwide scandal.
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Notes: These films are also available individually with standard Blu-ray packaging, as part of The Masterpiece Collection, and as part of The Ultimate Collection.
Universal owns the rights to more Alfred Hitchcock titles than any other studio, and they certainly milk these properties for every penny that they are able to squeeze out of his admirers. However, one really shouldn't complain since this gives fans an opportunity to own these films with plenty of choice as to how these discs are packaged. Each of the films available in this collection have been available on Blu-ray for quite some time (as individually packaged titles, as a part of The Masterpiece Collection, and as part of The Ultimate Collection), and these image and sound transfers are the same ones utilized for those earlier releases. What's more, these discs include the same supplemental material. Interested parties can read more detailed information about each of the discs included in this set by clicking on the links below:
The House of Hitchcock also includes the two standard definition DVDs that focus on Hitchcock's television work that originally appeared in The Ultimate Collection:
The Best of 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents'
This new disc showcases a single Alfred Hitchcock directed episode from all seven seasons of Alfred Hitchcock Presents. The following episodes are included:
Revenge (Season 1, Episode 1)
The series premiere of Alfred Hitchcock Presents is one of the show's best episodes. It first aired on October 02, 1955 and starred Vera Miles and Ralph Meeker. Those who admire The Andy Griffith Show will also notice Frances Bavier in a supporting role. The story by Samuel Blas follows Carl and Elsa Spann, a newlywed couple just starting their life. Elsa has recently suffered a nervous breakdown but seems to be on her way to recovery. Unfortunately, Carl returns home from work one evening to find that his wife has been attacked. When the police prove to be unhelpful, Carl decides to get justice on his own.
Vera Miles gives a great performance here—a performance that looks forward to her portrayal of Rose Balestrero in Alfred Hitchcock's under-appreciated docudrama, The Wrong Man.
Mr. Blanchard's Secret (Season 2, Episode 13)
Mr. Blanchard's Secret pales in comparison. The episode first aired on December 23, 1956 and starred Mary Scott, Robert Horton, Dayton Lummis, and Meg Mundy. The story by Emily Neff revisits some of the themes better explored in Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window. Babs Fenton, a housewife with an overactive imagination who fancies herself a writer, believes that Mr. Blanchard has murdered his wife. However, her suspicions are called into serious question when Mrs. Blanchard shows up at their door looking to be very much alive. Babs alters her theory as to the reason behind Mr. Blanchard's suspicious behavior only to be proven wrong once again.
Lamb to the Slaughter (Season 3, Episode 28)
Lamb to the Slaughter is rightly mentioned amongst the series best episodes. It aired on April 13, 1958 and stars Barbara Bel Geddes (who portrayed Midge in Vertigo that same year). The story by Roald Dahl follows a devoted housewife named Mary Maloney who decides to kill her cheating husband with a frozen leg of lamb rather than let him leave her. What follows is classic Hitchcock.
Poison (Season 4, Episode 1)
Poison—which was based upon another tale by Dahl—first aired on October 05, 1958 and stars Hitchcock alumnus Wendell Corey and James Donald. Harry Pope (Donald) wakes up with a poisonous snake in his bed. Worse, it finds a comfortable place to rest right on his chest. The entire episode is devoted to solving this tense predicament.
Arthur (Season 5, Episode 1)
Arthur first aired on September 27, 1959 and stars Laurence Harvey in the title role. Unusually for an Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode, the story begins with Arthur standing amongst a large number of chickens as he addresses the audience directly. After this opening monologue, we flash back in time as he tells the viewer how he killed his gold-digging girlfriend and was able to get away with it. The story itself is rather amusing, but the framing device at the beginning and end doesn't work very well (possibly because there is already an introduction and epilogue performed by Hitchcock).
Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat (Season 6, Episode 1)
Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat is more benign than many episodes, but it has a very similar sense of irony. It originally aired on September 27, 1960 and stars Audrey Meadows, Les Tremayne, and Stephen Chase. The story by Roald Dahl follows Mrs. Bixby as she visits her secret lover "the Colonel," who ends their affair but offers her a mink coat as a parting gift. She isn't sure how to explain the coat to her husband, so she pawns the item without putting a description on the ticket. She then tells her husband that she has found the ticket and instructs him to turn it in for the pawned item. Obviously, things aren't going to work out in quite the way that she expects.
Bang! You're Dead! (Season 7, Episode 2)
Bang! You're Dead! originally aired on October 17, 1961 and is the final episode that Alfred Hitchcock directed for the original half-hour series. It was based on a story by Margery Vosper and stars Billy Mumy as a young Jackie Chester—a spoiled six-year-old who mistakes a loaded gun for a gift from his uncle. The child then proceeds to pretend he is an outlaw and points it at the random people he meets throughout the day. It is only a matter of time before he actually pulls the trigger. Meanwhile, his family has discovered the mistake and tries frantically to locate him. Hitchcock's gift for building suspense is evident throughout the duration.
This disc also includes a single special feature entitled Alfred Hitchcock Presents: A Look Back. Gary Leva's 15 minute featurette is far from a comprehensive examination of the series, but the retrospective interviews with Norman Lloyd, Hilton A. Green, and Patricia Hitchcock do reveal some general information about how the show was produced and those responsible for its success.
The Best of 'The Alfred Hitchcock Hour'
The second new disc showcases a single episode from all three seasons of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. Unlike the first disc, only the first of these episodes is actually directed by Alfred Hitchcock since he only directed a single episode of this series. The following episodes are included:
I Saw the Whole Thing (Season 1, Episode 4)
I Saw the Whole Thing is the only episode of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour that was actually directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It originally aired on October 11, 1962 and is based on a short story by Henry Cecil. Hitchcock alumnus John Forsythe portrays Michael Barnes in this Rashomon-like courtroom drama with an interesting twist. Barnes has been accused of causing a fatal car accident, but he insists that he is completely innocent and acts as his own attorney at his trial. In court, he proves that the various eyewitnesses called by the prosecution are unreliable.
Three Wives Too Many (Season 2, Episode 12)
Three Wives Too Many was directed by Joseph M. Newman and was based on a short story by Kenneth Fearing. It aired on January 03, 1964 and stars Hitchcock alumnus Teresa Wright, Linda Lawson, Jean Hale, and Dan Duryea. The story follows a bigamist who is suspected of murdering his various wives.
Death Scene (Season 3, Episode 20)
Death Scene was directed by Harvey Hart and was based on a story by Helen Nielsen. The episode aired on March 08, 1965 and features Hitchcock alumnus Vera Miles as Nicky Revere, the daughter of a movie director named Gavin Revere (John Carradine). It is best that viewers see this particular episode knowing as little as is possible about the actual story, but it is certainly one of the most memorable of the hour-long episodes.
This disc includes a single featurette entitled Fasten Your Seatbelt: The Thrilling Art of Alfred Hitchcock. This six minute fluff piece includes interviews with Martin Scorsese, Guillermo del Toro, William Friedkin, John Carpenter, Eli Roth, and Joe Carnahan, but none of these filmmakers say anything particularly enlightening. It is almost like an EPK created to sell the idea of Hitchcock's brilliance without ever revealing anything that isn't immediately obvious.
This photograph was used to promote 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents' in 1955.
It's nice to have both of these new standard definition discs included here, but it is impossible not to wonder why Universal didn't choose to release discs with each of the seventeen Hitchcock-directed episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents and his single episode of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour instead. Such a collection would have been a much more appropriate and satisfying addition to the package. What's more, this approach would've only required one more disc (three instead of the two). Actually, it is ridiculous that Universal hasn't already released these episodes together in a single collection.
In addition, one cannot help but lament some of the choices made by Universal as to which episodes to include. Some of these episodes are inferior to other Hitchcock-directed episodes from that respective season. For example, season two's One More Mile to Go is vastly superior to Mr. Blanchard's Secret. In fact, it is one of the best of the entire series. Of course, this particular issue wouldn't be a problem if all of the Hitchcock directed episodes had been included.
Universal's 'The House of Hitchcock' packaging is a significant improvement over their previous Blu-ray sets. Both of those releases offered book-style packaging. This means that the various discs were housed in folder-like sleeves, and this particular approach leaves discs vulnerable to scratching and other types of damage. Since disc protection should always be a priority, it is nice to see that this collection protects the discs in actual cases. Unfortunately, three or four discs are housed together in only four cases instead of giving each film its own case and artwork. Those who believe that this is a space-saving technique are naïve. This keeps production costs down for Universal, and gives the consumer significantly less bang for the buck. Luckily, they do a fairly good job on the multi-film artwork.
A small book is also included. Those who have purchased one of the earlier sets will know exactly what to expect here. It adds quite a bit of value to the package even if there isn't much in the way of information here (and some of it borders on being erroneous). It's really just a fun bit of swag… and swag is what this release contains that the earlier two releases didn't. There are fifteen art cards that feature the one sheet designs for each of the films included in the set. There are set blueprints for the infamous Psycho house, replicas of letters and memos, stationery with 'Bates Motel' printed on it (in case you want to make your friends back home feel envious), and a Psycho-themed "Please, Do Not Disturb" sign.
The theme and design of the package is a bit kitschy, and it is slightly bothersome that it is so Psycho-centric since there are fifteen films included here (and only one of those films is Psycho).
The House of Hitchcock obviously contains a wealth of essential Hitchcock classics, but the discs included here are the same ones that have been available for quite some time. Those who already own these films on Blu-ray (either individually or as part of The Masterpiece Collection or The Ultimate Collection) can save their pennies.
Those who own The Ultimate Collection will already have the two 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents' and 'The Alfred Hitchcock Hour' discs, and those who only own the films individually or as part of The Masterpiece Collection probably won't feel that these two discs are worth the price of the set (especially considering the fact that they are in standard definition). What's more, the swag contained in this new release can be filed under "less than meets the eye." They certainly don't warrant an upgrade on their own.
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Blu-ray Review: Alfred Hitchcock – The Ultimate Collection
Notes: These films are also available individually with standard Blu-ray packaging and as a part of The Masterpiece Collection.
Universal owns the rights to more Alfred Hitchcock titles than any other studio, and they certainly milk these properties for every penny that they are able to squeeze out of his admirers. However, one really shouldn't complain since this gives fans an opportunity to own these films with plenty of choice as to how the discs are packaged. Each of the films available in this collection have been available on Blu-ray for quite some time (both as individually packaged titles and as a part of The Masterpiece Collection), and these image and sound transfers are the same ones utilized for those earlier releases. What's more, these discs include the same supplemental material. Interested parties can read more detailed information about each of the discs included in this set by clicking on the individual links below:
What really sets this release apart from the previous releases is that it includes two new standard definition DVDs that focus on his television work:
This disc includes a single featurette entitled Fasten Your Seatbelt: The Thrilling Art of Alfred Hitchcock. This six minute fluff piece includes interviews with Martin Scorsese, Guillermo del Toro, William Friedkin, John Carpenter, Eli Roth, and Joe Carnahan, but none of these filmmakers say anything particularly enlightening. It is almost like an EPK created to sell the idea of Hitchcock's greatness without ever revealing anything that isn't immediately obvious.
This is a promotional photograph for 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents' that was taken in 1962 by Gabor 'Gabi' Rona.
The packaging is very similar to Universal's Masterpiece Collection, but the artwork is somewhat different. It is of course a matter of taste as to which is better, but most should agree that the design is just as pleasing as the one utilized for that earlier release. From an aesthetic standpoint, this collection is beyond reproach. Unfortunately, it is the sort of design that seems special on the surface but actually provides the consumer with less value than if each film had been provided with a sturdy individual Blu-ray case.
It is time for studios to do away with these book-style sets that house the discs in folder-like sleeves. This leaves the discs vulnerable to scratching and other types of damage, and disc protection should always be the first priority when designing these collections. What's more, it doesn't allow the collector to arrange their collections in the manner that they might wish. (This reviewer prefers chronological arrangement).
This particular book-style release devotes two pages to each of the films included therein. The first of the two pages features the film's one sheet while the second includes a quote, a brief description of the film, and a list of bonus features. A promotional still from the film is also utilized. Since this is the same information that one might find on the slip sleeve of any regular release, it only gives one the appearance of additional value when in actuality it is probably much cheaper than including individual cases for each title.
A small softbound book entitled "The Master of Suspense" is also included. There are around 58-60 pages worth of material here (depending on how one chooses to count them), and it does add a bit of value to the package. It includes some extremely general biographical information about Hitchcock and his career, a few paragraphs about his leading men, a page that focuses on "The Hitchcock Blondes," two pages that focus on Edith Head (including a handful of costume sketches), two pages that showcase Saul Bass (with a series of screenshots from the title sequences for Vertigo and Psycho), a page about Bernard Herrmann, a half page about "The MacGuffin," and another half page about the director's cameo appearances. After these subjects, the book focuses on each of the films included in this set. Film trivia, artwork, storyboards, photographs, letters, and memorandum have been included throughout these pages in Universal's effort to create an attractive keepsake. There isn't much in the way of information here (and some of it borders on being erroneous), but it does make for a fun reading experience.
The back sleeve of this release screams "The Best of Alfred Hitchcock," and one must admit that the set does include a number of the master's best films. However, it is ridiculous to claim that the set represents Hitchcock's best work because some of his best films aren't included here while some of his worst films are present. For example, few would rank Topaz above Notorious or Strangers on a Train. This set is simply a complete collection of the films that Universal actually owns (with North by Northwest included as a healthy bonus due to a licensing trade).
It is certainly an impressive collection of films and those that don't mind the folder-book packaging might wish to grab this set while supplies last—that is if they do not already own these films individually or as part of The Masterpiece Collection. The two new DVDs might not be worth an upgrade (especially since they weren't given a new 1080P transfer for this release).
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Blu-ray Review: Shadow of a Doubt
Video: 1080P (VC-1, 23.976fps)
Main Audio: English Mono DTS-HD Master Audio (24bit, 48 kHz)
Alternate Audio: 2.0 French Mono DTS (24bit, 48 kHz, 768 Kbps)
Ratio: 1.33:1 (1440×1080)
"Shadow of a Doubt was a most satisfying picture for me – one of my favorite films -because for once there was time to get characters into it. It was the blending of character and thriller at the same time. That's very hard to do." – Alfred Hitchcock
Shadow of a Doubt was very successful upon its release, and its reputation is still solid today. It received mostly positive reviews upon its release, though some reviews were mixed. For example, Bosley Crowther had a somewhat mixed reaction to the film:
"…Yes, the way Mr. Hitchcock folds suggestions very casually into the furrows of his film, the way he can make a torn newspaper or the sharpened inflection of a person's voice send ticklish roots down to the subsoil of a customer's anxiety, is a wondrous, invariable accomplishment. And the mental anguish he can thereby create, apparently in the minds of his characters but actually in the psyche of you, is of championship proportions and—being hokum, anyhow— a sheer delight.
But when Mr. Hitchcock and/or his writers start weaving allegories in his films or, worse still, neglect to spring surprises after the ground has apparently been prepared, the consequence is something less than cheering. And that is the principal fault—or rather, the sole disappointment—in "Shadow of a Doubt." For this one suggests tremendous promise when a sinister character—a gentleman called Uncle Charlie—goes to visit with relatives, a typical American family, in a quiet California town. The atmosphere is charged with electricity when the daughter of the family, Uncle Charlie's namesake, begins to grow strangely suspicious of this moody, cryptic guest in the house. And the story seems loaded for fireworks and a beautiful explosion of surprise when the scared girl discovers that Uncle Charlie is really a murderer of rich, fat widows, wanted back East.
But from that point on the story takes a decidedly anticlimactic dip and becomes just a competent exercise in keeping a tightrope taut. It also becomes a bit too specious in making a moralistic show of the warmth of an American community toward an unsuspected rascal in its midst. We won't violate tradition to tell you how the story ends, but we will say that the moral is either anti-social or, at best, obscure. When Uncle Charlie's niece concludes quite cynically that the world is a horrible place and the young detective with whom she has romanced answers, "Some times it needs a lot of watching; seems to go crazy, every now and then, like Uncle Charlie," the bathos is enough to knock you down.
However, there is sufficient sheer excitement and refreshing atmosphere in the film to compensate in large measure for its few disappointing faults. Thornton Wilder, Sally Benson and Alma Reville have drawn a graphic and affectionate outline of a small-town American family which an excellent cast has brought to life and Mr. Hitchcock has manifest completely in his naturalistic style…
…The flavor and "feel" of a small town has been beautifully impressed in this film by the simple expedient of shooting most of it in Santa Rosa, Calif., which leads to the obvious observation that the story should be as reliable as the sets." – The New York Times (January 13, 1943)
One notices immediately that even this mixed review finds a lot to admirer about this gem. It probably didn't surprise Mr. Crowther when Shadow of a Doubt became a tremendous success at the box office.
While many successful films eventually drift into obscurity, Shadow of a Doubt's reputation has only improved with time. In The Art of Alfred Hitchcock, Donald Spoto wrote:
"No doubt about it, this is Hitchcock's first great American masterwork, one of his timeless, endlessly rich moral thrillers… Shadow of a Doubt is a model of the kind of moviemaking that is gripping, first-rate entertainment and much more: it is also a network of important themes and ideas. If to be called "great" a work must have great concerns. Then by any standard this film qualifies." – The Art of Alfred Hitchcock
Other critics agree. For example, Roger Ebert included it in his list of great movies:
"…Much of the film's effect comes from its visuals. Hitchcock was a master of the classical Hollywood compositional style. It is possible to recognize one of his films after a minute or so entirely because of the camera placement. He used well-known camera language just a little more elegantly. See here how he zooms slowly into faces to show dawning recognition or fear. Watch him use tilt shots to show us things that are not as they should be. He uses contrasting lighted and shadowed areas within the frame to make moral statements, sometimes in anticipation before they are indicated. I found while teaching several of his films with the shot-by-shot stop-action technique, that not a single shot violates compositional theory…" – Chicago-Sun Times
Shadow of a Doubt has earned its praise and its status as a classic.
Overall, this is an extremely attractive presentation and there is very little room for rational criticism.
Universal's 1080P transfer should pleasantly surprise viewers. While picture is sometimes slightly softer than what one might expect, it seems to accurately represent the film's source. There is a nice layer of grain that seems consistent with the film's celluloid origins and adds to the overall cinematic experience. Contrast is beautifully handled and exhibit rich blacks and beautiful grays. Detail is surprising for a film of this age and the image seems to be free of any distracting DNR or edge enhancement. There is the occasional bit of print damage, but what can one expect from a film of this vintage?
The lossless mono mix included on the disc might show its age, but seems to accurately represent the film's source elements. Dialogue is always clear and the music benefits from this lossless transfer (though there are moments when Tiomkin's score suffers in clarity).
Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film – (SD) – (35 min)
Laurent Bouzereau's documentary on the making of this classic film contains many anecdotes from the production of the film and is packed with quite a bit of information. Teresa Wright, Hume Cronyn, Patricia Hitchcock, Robert F. Boyle, and Peter Bogdanovich contribute to the wealth of "behind the scenes" information provided here. Fans should be thrilled to see it ported over for this Blu-ray release.
Theatrical Trailer – (SD) – (2 min)
Vintage trailers are always amusing to watch, and this one is typical of what one expects from a trailer of this period. However, one suspects that this trailer was actually used to promote one of the film's re-releases.
Production Drawings – (SD)
This is a collection of Production drawings by Robert Boyle, who served as the film's art director. Cinemaphiles should enjoy seeing these sketches.
A collection of photos from the set of Shadow of a Doubt is also included.
Shadow of a Doubt is one of the director's best achievements and Universal's much improved transfer of Shadow of a Doubt makes this Blu-ray release an essential purchase.
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Russian Central Bank Preparing for SWIFT 'Nuclear Option'
(Photo Credit: Ludvig12 via Creative Commons 4.0)
Smaller banks have been encouraged to establish secondary arrangements for processing bank card transactions.
Preparing for new U.S. sanctions "early next year" that will likely target Russia's access to the SWIFT international banking system—something that was just described as a "nuclear option" against Moscow just earlier this week—the Bank of Russia has urged the country's smaller banks to prepare for a "worst-case scenario."
Russian media outlets reported today that financial institutions may soon be disconnected from international payment systems, including the loss of service from Visa and MasterCard systems. The BOR statement encouraged the country's smaller banks to route their payments through larger bank systems and the National Payment Card System.
As TruNews reported earlier this week, U.S. Special Envoy for Ukraine Kurt Volker told Voice of America that such a move against Russia's access to SWIFT should be viewed as a last-ditch effort to avoid a physical confrontation. This new report in the Russian media states Moscow is preparing for the eventuality—and soon.
Full article: Russian Central Bank Preparing for SWIFT 'Nuclear Option' (TruNews)
Note: For archiving purposes, a full version of the article will remain here
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Riyadh: Arabs in talks with US for NATO-style security pact
China Intensifies Efforts to Topple U.S. Dollar


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Les collines Opeongo (parfois désignées monts Opeongo ou hautes terres de la Madawaska, principalement les collines les plus à l'est) sont un massif de montagnes situé dans la province canadienne de l'Ontario. Isolé, le massif est entouré par les basses terres du lac Ontario (au sud) et du lac Huron (à l'ouest) et du graben d'Ottawa-Bonnechère (au nord et à l'est).

Il s'agit d'un massif isolé du bouclier canadien faisant partie des Hautes terres laurentiennes.

Géographie

Localisation

Les collines sont partagées entre les régions du Centre de l'Ontario et de l'Est de l'Ontario. Les collines sont traversées par les rivières Madawaska et Opeongo.

Topographie

L'altitude maximale est de 586 mètres.
 Mont Pakenham (220 m)
 Mont Robillard (466 m)
 Montagne Tower (515 m)

Géologie

Attraits

Parcs provinciaux
 Parc provincial Algonquin
 Parc provincial Bell Bay
 Parc provincial Bon Écho
 Parc provincial Bonnechère
 Parc provincial Bonnechère River
 Parc provincial Opeongo River
 Parc provincial Silent Lake
 Parc provincial Upper Madawaska River

Notes et références

Annexes

Articles connexes
 Liste des chaînes de montagnes du Québec

Massif de montagnes au Canada
Montagne en Ontario

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Iran anti-government protests erupt over shooting down of Ukrainian passenger plane: 'Death to the dictator'
Anti-government protests erupted across Iran late Saturday, where thousands of demonstrators called for a regime change with chants of "death to the dictator," following the state's reluctant admission that it shot down a Ukrainian passenger plane.
Iran admits it shot down jetliner by mistake
Iran's Revolutionary Guard on Saturday acknowledged that it accidentally shot down the Ukrainian jetliner that crashed earlier this week, killing all 176 aboard, after the government had repeatedly denied Western accusations that it was responsible.


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Here you will find write-ups of all the interesting things that pass through my workshop, both hardware and software. As I resolve issues and fix problems I will write them up here in the hope that you can make use of them yourself.
Programming microcontrollers does attract a lot of students and other people who are new to programming. I certainly remember in the dim and very distant past back in the 1980s when I was starting programming that I could use all the help that I could get, so now nearly 30 years later I'm more than happy to help those that are new to the discipline wherever I can.
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/*
*
*		Servo.c
*
*		Created: April 30 2016
*		Authors: Yuqi (Mark) Zhao and Claire Chen
*/

#include "Servo.h"

/*
* Configure ports PTD0 and PTD2 as the GPIO output pins for both servos.
*/
void servo_init(void){
	//Enable power to port D
	SIM->SCGC5 |= SIM_SCGC5_PORTD_MASK;

	//Set up each pin as GPIO output
	PORTD->PCR[SERVO1] |= PORT_PCR_MUX(001);
	PTD->PDDR |= (1 << SERVO1);
	PTD->PDOR &= ~(1 << SERVO1); //Initialize pin to 0
	PORTD->PCR[SERVO1] &= ~(1 << PORT_PCR_SRE_SHIFT); //Configure fast slew rate

	PORTD->PCR[SERVO2] |= PORT_PCR_MUX(001);
	PTD->PDDR |= (1 << SERVO2);
	PTD->PDOR &= ~(1 << SERVO2); //Initialize pin to 0
	PORTD->PCR[SERVO2] &= ~(1 << PORT_PCR_SRE_SHIFT); //Configure fast slew rate
}

/*
*	This function sets up PIT0 and PIT1, which will be used for setting the
* Correct periods to control the servo positions!
*/
void servo_setup_timers(void){
	int default_position1;
	int default_position2;
	servo1_angle = SERVO1_NEUTRAL; 		//Initialize the start angle to 90
	servo2_angle = SERVO2_NEUTRAL;
	SIM->SCGC6 |= SIM_SCGC6_PIT_MASK; // Enable Clock to PIT
	PIT->MCR = 0x0; // Enables PIT timer, allows running in debug mode
	default_position1 = servo_get_high(servo1_angle);  // Sets both servos to 90 degrees
	default_position2 = servo_get_high(servo2_angle);

	// Set up PIT0 and PIT1
	PIT->CHANNEL[0].LDVAL = default_position1;
	PIT->CHANNEL[0].TCTRL = 3;
	PIT->CHANNEL[1].LDVAL = default_position2;
	PIT->CHANNEL[1].TCTRL = 3;

	//Enable interrupts on PIT0 and PIT1
	NVIC_EnableIRQ(PIT0_IRQn);
	NVIC_EnableIRQ(PIT1_IRQn);
}

/*
*	Takes in angle between 0 and 180 degrees
* Returns integer corresponding to appropriate high load value between 1ms and 2ms
*/
int servo_get_high(int angle){
	float angle_range = (float)(MAX_ANGLE - MIN_ANGLE);
	float angle_distance = angle/angle_range;
	int load_val = (int) (MILLISECOND + MILLISECOND * (angle_distance));
	return load_val;
}

/*
*	Takes in load value of high pulse
* Returns integer corresponding to appropriate low load value
*/
int servo_get_low(int angle){
	int high_load_val = servo_get_high(angle);
	int low_load_val = PERIOD - high_load_val;
	return low_load_val;
}

/*
* Signals servo to hit, depending on the servo_num
*/
void servo_hit(int servo_num){
		if(servo_num == 1){
			tap_dat_1 = 1;
			//Set servo angle to hit
			servo1_angle = SERVO1_HIT;

			/*
			if(intflag == 0){
				intflag = 1;
				LEDGrn_On();
			}
			else{
				intflag = 0;
				LEDGrn_Off();
			}
			*/
		}
		else if(servo_num == 2){
			tap_dat_2 = 1;
			servo2_angle = SERVO2_HIT;
			/*
			if(intflag2 == 0){
				intflag2 = 1;
				LEDRed_On();
			}
			else{
				intflag2 = 0;
				LEDRed_Off();
			}
			*/
		}
}

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Q: Calculating residues of complex functions This is the general formula often used to calculate the residue of a complex function around a pole. (Taken from Wikipedia)

But say if I have the function $$f(z) = \frac{z^4}{z^6+1}$$
it has a pole of order $n =1$ at $z_0 =  e^{\tfrac{i\pi}{6}}$. Then to calculate its residue at $z_0$ by the above formula I'd have
$$\operatorname{Res}(f, z_0) = \lim_{z \to z_0} (z-z_0) f(z) = \lim_{z \to z_0} (z-z_0) \frac{z^4}{z^6+1} = \lim_{z \to z_0} \frac{z^5-z_0z^4}{z^6 + 1} = 0$$
because $$\lim_{z \to z_0} z^5 - z_0z^4 = z_0^5 - z_0^5 = 0$$
However my lecturer calculated the residue of $f$ at $z_0$ as follows
$$\operatorname{Res}(f, z_0) = \left[\frac{z^4}{6z^5}\right]_{z = z_0} = \frac{1}{6z_0} = \frac{1}{6e^{\tfrac{i \pi}{6}}}$$
He's basically taken the derivative of the denominator and evaluated this new function, with the old numerator and differentiated denominator, at $z= z_0$. How exactly could this be done? I don't see how the formula from Wikipedia implies that one can do this to find residues.
Also am I making an error in evaluating the residues above?

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The U.S. Commerce Department moved to impose trade duties of nearly 300 percent on sales of Bombardier CSeries jets in the United States. Fred Katayama reports.
The U.S. Commerce Department moved to slap a nearly 300 percent duty on sales of Bombardier CSeries jets in the United States. That decision was prompted by a complaint from Boeing, which had sought an 80 percent duty. Boeing said Canadian Bombardier received illegal subsidies and dumped the planes in the U.S. at "absurdly low" prices. The Commerce Department proposed the 80 percent duty after finding out that Bombardier's jets were sold below cost to Delta in 2016, adding to the 220 percent duty announced last week. People's United Wealth Management's CIO John Traynor: SOUNDBITE: JOHN TRAYNOR, CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER, PEOPLE'S UNITED WEALTH MANAGEMENT, (ENGLISH) SAYING: "There have been ongoing disputes with Bombardier throughout the year. This is the next step. WHat we think this is really about going forward, is, you know, bigger negotiation with Canada regarding overall trade policy and NAFTA. So, whether this is a bargaining chip for the administration, we really don't know, but very unlikely that these tariffs are going to hold." The new tax will not take effect unless affirmed by the U.S. International Trade Commission early next year. But it is expected to heighten trade tensions between the United States, Canada and Britain, where wings for the Bombardier jetliner are made.


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Google India fined $13.8M for false accounting
Search giant's Indian arm accused of misleading tax authorities by underdeclaring revenue from AdWords and evading taxes through international transactions, but Google India denies the claim.
By Ellyne Phneah | November 14, 2012 -- 10:37 GMT (02:37 PST) | Topic: Google
Google India has been slapped with a fine of INR 760 million (US$13.8 million) by the country's income-tax authorities.
The tax office said the search giant's Indian arm had misled the department, underdeclared its income, violated accounting rules and attempted to show wrong revenues, according to The Economic Times on Wednesday.
These moves were in a bid to avoid being subject to transfer pricing adjustments in international transactions, said the office.
Google India has appealed against the penalty order which pertains to the asessment year of 2008-2009.
"If the order is upheld, the total advertisement revenue of Google India will be taxed in India," a person familiar with the case, told the Indian news site.
Alleged tax evasion and reporting of incorrect figures
The case centers around Google India's crediting of INR 1.19 billion (US$21 million) to Google Ireland toward distribution fees, which it allegedly did not deduct tax at source as required by the tax treaty between India and Ireland, the authority noted.
"The entire activity of [Google's] AdWords Program and the revenue earned thereon has happened in India with both the advertisers as well as people making use of the advertisements situated in India," the order read. "To this extent, the income of Google Ireland was held to be accrued as well as arisen in India itself."
The tax office had tracked Google's operations in other markets through various sources and media reports, and informed Indian authorities on the nature of transactions between India and Ireland, which aimed at avoiding taxes.
India's tax department maintained since Google India regularly concluded contracts using the name of Google Ireland, and secured orders in India for the Ireland arm, it established itself as a dependent agency, and a "permanent establishment of Google Ireland in India".
They also found its "distribution fees" to Google Ireland "excessive and unreasonable".
A Google India spokesperson however denied the claims, telling the Indian news site, "Google places great importance on following local law and we comply with applicable tax rules in all countries where we operate. We cannot comment further on this."
The news comes a day after Google was accused of tax evasion by U.K. lawmakers , and was grilled and put under intense scrutiny from the Public Accounts parliamentary committee.
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Jean Alice Baldwin, age 82, of Noblesville, IN passed away September 30, 2021 at Compassus Hospice in Indianapolis, IN.
She was born August 20, 1939 at Cicero, IN to Cecil Verland and Mildred Esther (Purkey) Pearson. She grew up in the Cicero area and graduated from Jackson Central High School in 1958.
She had worked over 27 years as a ward clerk for Riverview Hospital. Leisure time would find her reading, working on her yard and taking care of her flower gardens. Her family said she was a rather private person, and just enjoyed being home.
She married John L Baldwin , Jr. who preceded her in death. In addition to her husband, she was also preceded in death by her parents and a daughter: Karen Baldwin.
Surviving her is a daughter: Johnna Kay Baldwin (Mike Anderson) of Noblesville, IN and a brother: Jimmie Kent (Emily) Pearson of Cicero, IN, grandchildren: Holly Dorsey and Johnni Baldwin, and great-grandchildren: Ellie Needler and Alexis Grubaugh.
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The U.S. Department of Defense and Japanese Ministry of Defense announced last week (Dec. 26) the deployment of a second Army Navy/Transportable Radar Surveillance (AN/TPY-2) radar in Japan to Kyogamisaki to enhance sensor coverage for ballistic missile defense of Japan and the U.S. homeland.
The Kyogamisaki Communications Site (KCS) radar will augment an existing radar located at Shariki in northern Japan.
With the assistance of the Japanese Ministry of Defense, the U.S. Department of Defense fielded and tested the radar and constructed the facility in Japan. The radar has now been delivered for use by the U.S. Pacific Command and U.S. Northern Command.
The AN/TPY-2 radar is a transportable system that performs as a highly-capable sensor for both homeland and regional missile defense. Other AN/TPY-2 forward-based radars are located in Turkey and the Middle East.


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Q: Why is LaTeX called a typesetting "system"? Reading about TeX/LaTeX online, I'm a little confused as to what it is- isn't it a language? Wikipedia calls is it a typesetting system- and to make matters worse, if I want to use LaTeX, I need to download something like MikTeX which is also called a typesetting system. Why isn't LaTeX just called a programming language, and why isn't there just one installer to download, like with Python?

A: TeX is too many things to be anything less than a system. It consist of (this and even more):

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*programming languages and file type specs: TeX, METAFONT (METAPOST), bib, bst, dvi, ...

*a compiler (tex), actually, more compilers

*typesetter, since the output of the compiler is not just a sequence of the language primitives, but as well the output laid out.

*forks of the compiler (and even of the language): LuaTeX, XeTeX, ConTeXt, ...

*new fonts developed with the system: Computer Modern, Latin Modern, TeX Gyre, ...

*auxiliary tools: bibtex, biber, pdftk

*thousands of packages doing various stuff, not only in the TeX language, but in many other languages around.

And that all is installed in your computer when you get TeXLive or MikTeX. No less general word than "system" can comprise all of this.


Just go ahead and just laugh. I can take it. This is SUCH a weird looking recipe.
I almost didn't share it because I was too, um, shy. I mean, shy about how it looks. As I blissfully ate every last bite from the big bowl sitting on my lap on the couch in front of the TV (<— we have a personal rule against that, but we do it sometimes anyways and it's just the most cozy-nice thing), I started to realize that, in fact, the shapes and colors and general vibe of this whole dish just says Weirdo Person. And I started to second guess that anyone else is the world was going to give this even one second of their eyeballs. Sad face.
But the great thing about a blog is that even if everyone thinks you're a little cray cray, slash even if you ARE a little cray-cray, you ultimately have the blog as an expression of yourself, by yourself, for yourself, reflecting yourself. So let me express myself and my current FOOD LOVE through this green-blobby-blob that might just be my favorite recipe of 2014. no seeeeriously.
So unrelated to the food, I have a confession to make. I'm really tired.
Amen! said the whole world. Unless one of you is harboring some secret super person energy, in which case please consult with me immediately. We had talked a little bit earlier this year about peace and rest and burnout and all those nice things that go along with the B word: balance.
Right now I feel like I am trying so hard to have peace that the trying to have peace is making me not have peace. And it's also making me write like a maniac. So I'm a food weirdo and a writing maniac. Who.what.why.how.omg. Make it stop.
The good thing is that I love everything that I do for work and I want to do more of all of it, minus anything involving an alarm clock. But other than that.
I feel like I need 900 million hours in every day in order to do all the things I love. I can't even keep up with myself right now and my food ideas and my students taking their big dramatic and important state tests and my ecookbook being almost done and our house and the boxes of un-put-together furniture downstairs and then a recipe like this comes along and slooooooows meeeee dooooown.
Yes. Sloooow. Like the nice, relaxing kind that makes you take a few long breaths. After a long day at job 1 and another long day at job 2, tonight I ate a big warm bowl of this, alone, on the couch, while watching a low-budget cooking show and wearing my pajamas at 7pm.
It was my favorite kind of food in my favorite kind of relaxed happy place.
This recipe speaks to my love of all things comforting/comfortable. The texture and saucy wonderfulness all piled up high together on a plate just makes my heart smile. The poblano mushrooms are spicy, warm, dreamy. You're going to be roasting them and you're going to be happy you did. They are the base of this flavor-rocking sauce that goes over the sauteed garlic butter mushrooms and over a scoop of semi-firm, chewy, and buttery polenta.
Weirdly awesome food to the rescue, and just in time for the weekend. Holla back yo.
This recipe for Creamy Poblano Mushrooms with Polenta is a simple vegetarian dish with tons of flavor! Simple and delicious!
Sauce: Roast the poblano peppers over an open flame or in the oven until the outside is slightly charred. Place under a towel for a few minutes to steam and soften. Cut into pieces and set aside. Puree the sour cream, water, oil, garlic, and salt in a food process. Add the green onions and poblano peppers and puree until desired consistency is reached. I like to leave a little bit of texture in the sauce.
Polenta: Bring 4 cups of water to boil. Add the cornmeal and salt; simmer until thick and bubbly, about 5-10 minutes, keeping in mind that the polenta firms up quite a bit as it cools. Add 1 tablespoon butter once removed from heat.
Mushrooms: Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a large skillet over high heat. Add the garlic and the mushrooms; saute until golden brown. Add the sauce and the cornstarch dissolved in water. Bring to a simmer until the sauce is slightly thickened. Serve the mushrooms and sauce over the polenta.
The funny thing is that the weirdest looking recipes are usually the best! I don't know what it is, but the weirdness magically disappears sometime from fork –> mouth!
Taylor, you will LOVE polenta. I make it so it's still creamy, almost like mashed potatoes, and it's just divine. Three ingredient perfection.
I had to laugh when I read this, because I was struggling with the same thing for one of my posts last night. But after reading this, it's going on the blog!!! Because you make a great point, these are food blogs and if it tastes awesome, it's worth posting!!!
You did so amazing with these photos. I think I would a keeled over and cried dealing with this dish. Ha!!
But really, I LOVE polenta and that poblano mushroom sauce sounds amazing!
This sounds wonderful! Love all of those flavors!
Thanks Ali! Have a great weekend!
Ah, polenta. You make all the things right.
You could put just about anything over polenta and I'd be happy about it. Happy Friday you guys!
DEEP BREATH. Ahhhhh. That felt good. I have been much the same way here (um, who was or was not up until 2 am last night, ugh.) Thanks for remind me that it's OK to take a step back, break a few rules, and dive head long into some comfort food.
And I'm totally on board with this. Glad you posted it!
2 am! Girl. I am virtually sending you a bowl of this so you can cozy up tonight. TGIF!
This looks DEEE- VINE!!! Added to my ziplist.:) LOVE anything mushroom here!!! Baked your fudgy chocolate chocolate chip cookies the other day and might I say, "Yummy yum yum right out of the oven!!!" Thank you!
Thanks Melissa! Always excited to find other mushroom lovers. 🙂 And glad you liked the cookies!
Oh Lindsay, I can so relate to not having enough time for all the things that you LOVE to do!! There just isn't enough time in the day. And then, add wanting to make about 90% of all the food posts you read and it really gets crazy! Ha! I grew up eating polenta and I just loooove it. Yours looks delish!!
I wish I would have grown up eating it. It's one of my new favorite foods!
Never tried polenta, but I feel that I need to give it a shot.
Sometimes I daydream about how nice it would be to go to a coffeeshop, sit with my laptop, and work on my blog all day uninterrupted. Then I come back to reality.
I'm trying to treat my blog like a business/job, but some weeks it's really hard.
It IS all about the sauce. My life is all about the sauce. Sauce!!
I think part of this whole balance thing we're all striving for is relishing that slow time where you can and just allowing yourself to be in the moment. Unfortunately, when you have a zillion and one things on your plate, that can be the hardest part!
This recipe combines so many of my favorites and I love that you used sour cream instead of something heavier. I can't wait to try this!!!
Some of the best, most delicious food is decidedly un-photogenic. And who cares, because if it's delicious, that's the only thing that REALLY matters. 🙂 This sounds great – it's really unusual, but I think I would still give it a try!
I'm curious/nosy: what are some of your favorite cooking shows to watch???
Well, I love to watch Food Network shows but we don't have cable. But if I get the chance, I like The Neely's, Giada, and Ellie Krieger, to name a few. 🙂 Also love Diners Drive Ins and Dives. Ohhh man.
Looks like deliciousness! And that sitting in front of the couch with a big bowl of this sounds like just the speed that is needed right now.
To me this looks so good I would lock myself in my room with a bowl of this and eat it all myself. So I don't have to share. Yum!
I'm right there with you on the peace and balance thing. I haven't been so good about balancing my sleep and work life, and I had a major wake-up call (or lack thereof) this morning when it was cloudy and raining. Normally the sun streams in through the window and turns our bedroom into a sauna, which immediately wakes me up, but without any sunshine today, my body told me it desperately wanted sleep and didn't wake itself up until almost noon. Noon! And I'm a morning person!
And now I've been on the couch in a comfy cozy sweatshirt all day taking it easy, and a big bowl of comfort food is exactly what my trying-not-to-get-sick-from-lack-of-sleep body needs. If only I wasn't allergic to mushrooms — the pepper and polenta part sounds so good!
YES to the comfy cozy sweatshirt and the couch! Sorry about your allergy – bleh! That's a bummer.
Meals like this make me smile so hard. LOVE!
Thanks Heather! 🙂 Nice to have readers who appreciate it.
Weird food can be the best! I'm so glad you shared this because it sounds absolutely delicious! What a great combo of flavors! Hope you are having a restful and relaxing weekend – life can be so exhausting!
Does anyone have suggestions to replace the Poblano peppers? You can't get them in the UK without paying "import" prices.
In terms of fresh, I can get sweet red peppers, regular bell peppers (red yellow green) and big long romano peppers. There's also tinned/jarred jalapenos.
I'll probably roast some bell peppers!


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It's Time to Rethink What Counts as a Voter Turnout Strategy
By Maya Alper and Dan Connolly
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In the 2018 U.S. midterm election, voters turned out at levels not seen in 100 years. Although this striking departure from the trend of falling turnout is something to celebrate, we as a country must make more progress in expanding the electorate: the voting populace in the U.S. remains older, whiter, richer, and more educated than the country as a whole. While traditionally underrepresented groups also saw participation gains in 2018, the gap remains: individuals in households making more than $50,000 a year (in 2017 median income was $61,372) turned out at rates 20 percentage points higher than households making less than $50,000.
Source: Census.gov
Currently, the groups most likely to vote are made up largely of individuals benefiting from the status quo policies. A lack of representation means that policies will continue to cater disproportionately to these groups, rather than accounting for the needs of everybody.
Moving forward, to build a more just democracy, we must work not only to sustain this recent boost in turnout but also to focus explicitly on policies and interventions that enable underrepresented communities to participate.
There is now a thorough body of research documenting the strategies that move voters to the polls, from voting report cards that publicize individual voting behavior to plan-making prompts that help voters follow through on their intention. Campaigns, activists, and nonpartisan turnout organizations have taken up these behaviorally informed tactics to varying degrees and with varying success.
Currently, the groups most likely to vote are made up largely of individuals benefiting from the status quo policies.
This is a good start. However, without an eye toward who is most affected by these interventions, we risk widening the participation gap. Often, these interventions work best for individuals who already look like the "typical" voter, and can struggle to improve turnout among traditionally underrepresented groups.
So how can we close the participation gap?
Two recent working papers offer evidence that we might already know how close the gap. But it requires us to rethink what counts as a voter turnout intervention.
Political scientists have long known that voter turnout is highly correlated with income, and that inequality in voter participation distorts the representativeness of government. But the direct impact of wealth on low- and middle-income individuals' likelihood to vote became more clear in a new paper that examines the effects of unconditional cash transfers on voter turnout in North Carolina. The researchers found that an average annual transfer of $4,700 increased voter turnout among the children of low-income families once they reached adulthood by eight to 20 percentage points. This is a massive effect, especially when compared to high-impact voting reforms and get-out-the-vote strategies: same day voter registration increases turnout by three to seven percentage points, and social-pressure mail leads to a 2.3 percentage point increase.
Similarly, there is new evidence for the effect of Medicaid on voter participation. Researchers found that being selected in the Oregon Medicaid lottery between March and September 2008 increased voter turnout in the November 2008 election by 2.5 percentage points overall, and by 5.4 percentage points for men (it's unclear why it had a higher impact on men, though it could be because baseline turnout for women was higher to begin with).
Why do cash transfers and access to health care increase participation at the ballot box?
New evidence suggests that poverty alleviation and health care provision have the potential to improve the health of our democracy too.
Voting in the U.S. can be a time-consuming, hassle-filled experience, regardless of income and access to health care. For traditionally underrepresented groups, it's also not always clear whether "people like us" are participating, especially in a climate of suppressive voter ID laws. Further, the process of casting a vote has multiple steps, and the benefits are ambiguous and potentially far in the future. For people in poverty, who live in a context of chronic scarcity—consistently lacking key resources like time, food, and money—the administrative barriers of civic engagement can be serious deterrents when it comes to making hard choices like prioritizing voting (including registering and waiting in line on election day) versus work responsibilities, child care, and looming bills.
The authors of the Medicaid study suggest that having health care can prompt more people to vote because of "interpretive" and "resource" effects. Access to government-provided health care can change individuals' relationship with and perception of government (interpretive effects), which may make the consequences of elections and subsequent policy decisions feel more psychologically close and urgent. But the benefits transferred through Medicaid, such as better health and saving on out-of-pocket medical expenses (resource effects), could also help to create slack for those living in chronic scarcity, which can indirectly boost participation by reducing the tradeoffs of voting.
The authors of the North Carolina paper offer a human capital interpretation of their result: that cash transfers help children develop more robust social connections, and that those social connections reinforce the importance of voting. Similar studies have also highlighted the importance of deep social ties on civic behavior. One group of researchers noted the unintended negative consequences on civic participation for low-income families who relocated and lost social ties with their community. In the North Carolina cash transfer study, the effects were strongest among children from families below median income and did not leave the state, further supporting the human capital model.
This emerging evidence underscores the need to expand the traditional voter turnout toolkit beyond direct tactical interventions.
Efforts to alleviate poverty and give people health care are critical priorities—and perhaps it shouldn't be surprising that improving access to basic needs increases the value people see in voting, or that it enables more people to cast a ballot. But this new evidence suggests that poverty alleviation and health care provision have the potential to improve the health of our democracy too.
If the U.S. is going to realize the goal of a healthy, fully representative democracy, we should employ every tool available to increase turnout. Raising incomes and providing better access to health care, while not voter turnout interventions in the traditional sense, are among the most effective solutions identified so far. This emerging evidence underscores the need to expand the traditional voter turnout toolkit beyond direct tactical interventions and integrate interventions that have the potential to improve the lives of citizens 365 days a year, not just in the lead up to election day.
Disclosure: The authors are employees of ideas42, a founding partner of the Behavioral Scientist.
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